john boehner with will hold that conference on fiscal cliff talks. we are getting reports that boehner will propose extending bush era tax rates for those earning $250,000 or less. more coming up. >>> good morning, america. breaking news overnight. a top network foreign correspondent freed in a hail of gunfire after being kidnapped for five days in syria. richard engel and his crew. held bound and blindfolded, details still coming in on his harrowing ordeal. >>> this morning, two little sandy hook boys laid to rest in emotional tributes. a heartbreaking mother's salute, saying the sky is crying. this, as the rest of the students in newtown head back to school right now. we're live on the scene. >>> winter weather slam. 100-mile-per-hour winds slam the northwest.